TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, APRIL IT, 1910.
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ROADS TO BE TRIED
Trip Will Be Made From The
Dalles to Klamath Falls.
WEEK TAKEN FOR TOUR
Actual Work Will Soon Be Started
on Improvement of Road to Mount
Hood Clackamas Fund Will
Go Toward Project.
On a EOO-mlle trip, part of which will
be over roads that are usually consid
ered Impassable at this time of the year,
J. A. Gordon, of 1001 East Twentieth
street North, and Judge Baldwin, of
Klamath Falls, left yesterday morning.
The run mapped out Is from here to
Klamath Falls, two Buick "White
Btreaks" being used aa conveyances.
Mr. Gordon will be accompanied by his
wife. She will not be a "passenger,"
In the automobile sense of the word, as
she Is a capable driver, and will doubt
less be at the wheel a good part of the
Journey. Judge Baldwin, who is a promi
nent resident of Klamath Falls, will
carry two passengers in his car.
The automobiles were chioped from
here to The Dalles by boat yesterday,
and the start on the motor journey will
be begun tomorrow, rain or shine. From
The Dalles the route mapped out leads
to Shanlko, thence to Madras, snd from
there to Silver Lake, a small Interior
town. Here It Is probable that a stop
ovey of several days will be made, as
trfe tourists will combine business with
f-leasure. From this point the final
dash to Klamath Falls will begin.
The tour will, in some respects, be
a path-finding expedition, as It Is ex
pected considerable trouble will be
met when the motorists negotiate
roads through the timber belt of Har
ney County. The "roads" there are, as
a matter of fact, little more than trails
from an automobilist's viewpoint. Es
pecially is this true during the rainy
eeason. Notwithstanding this feature,
both Mr. Gordon and Judge Baldwin
believe that they will be able to cover
the entire distance In a week's time.
With the "touring-bug" awakening
In the mind of every automobile owner
In Portland, considerable attention Is
being directed to the condition of the
roads mostly frequented out of this
city. Among the most important of
these Is, of course, the Mount Hood
highway.
One of the worst places on this road,
with the exception of Mclntyre's Hill,
Is at the bridge across Whiskey Creek.
The road makes a sharp turn where
this bridge spans the mountain stream,
which is approached by a sharp de
scent from both directions. The place
Is Just beyond Cherryville, and Is well
remembered by all automobilists who
have made the famous trip.
Arrangements have been completed
to do away with the present bridge at
' the lowest point of the road by the
erection of a high bridge to the north.
Thn will be 40 or GO feet long. L. G.
Holden, of Rhododendron Tavern, who
came in from his home last week on
account of the death of his mother.
Bald that work will be started on this
bridge at once, in- order to do away
tvith one of the worst features of the
trip.
Clackamas County "will pay a part
of the expenses of the change, the re
mainder to be met out of the fund
which has been raised through the
Ftrenuous efforts of E. Henry Wemms.
The cost of the new bridge, including
grading, etc., will be $1200. Plans
have also been made to improve Mc
Intyre hill by changing the grading
and cutting the road down to the solid
gravel. During the month of May it
Is proposed to replace the bridge
across Zigzag, which was washed away
by a freshet last Winter.
The Mount Hood trip is one of the
most popular of all out of Portland,
and improvements in the road leading
to the famous snow-capped pile will
be sincerely welcomed by motorists.
Dr. Leo RIcen has purchased a 22-.
horsepower Maxwell, which was de
livered to him last week. Other Max
well deliveries during the" week were
to C. S. Russell, the Rosenf eld-Smlth
Co. and the Pacific Paper Company.
The Menzles-Dubols Company re
ceived a carload of Franklins last
week, two of-which were immediately
forwarded to The Dalles. Messrs. Mc
Coy and J. Yaager were the pur
chasers. T.r a v i h r here last Thursday morning,
Ellsworth Plckel ran down to Salem
In his Model G Franklin. Before re
turning to this city, Mr. Pickel will
-make a number of side trips out from
the Capitol City.
Last ' Wednesday the Northwest
Bulck Company unloaded its 60th car
load of Buicks this season.
Southern California has proven at
tractive to a number of Portland au
Xomobllists of late. I. Lang recently
returned from the South, where he
spent much of his time In his Fierce
Arrow machine.
C. E. Williams, a local real estate
dealer, returned last week after a five
weeks' automobile tour of Southeast
ern Oregon. He used a Hudson "20"
for the trip. Mr. Williams made -the
Harney Valley run, where the roads
were in pretty bad condition, but came
out with flying colors.
Highways and Byways
BY CHARLES C ALBRIGHT.
GOOD roads, if they mean anything at
all, represent the key to general
prosperity. The automobile is the
greatest Influence In the country for de
velopment in this direction. E. Henry
Wemme acted for the best interests of
the entire Northwest when he urged the
members of the Automobile Club to, take
n active part in the work of the Oregon
Good Roads' Association.
Devotees of cross-country touring are
waiting eagerly the time when the tour
book of the Portland Automobile Club Is
Issued. Accurate maps will be one of the
teatures, so that newcomers will have no
txcuse for getting lost or mixed up on
Dregon roads.
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Dr. Ralph C. Matson Is planning to take
party of friends on a week-end trip
to Mount Hood in his Chalmers roadster
lust as soon as the roads are in good
condition. This run is a very popular
one, notwithstanding the fact that
gTeat deal of work must be done on the
cenic highway before it will be In shape
Tor fast driving. Dr. .Matson expects to
leave Friday or Saturday afternoon of the
t coming week, returning Sunday night.
ravine Portland at S o'nlock in th aft-
ernoon, the foot of Mount Hood may be
reached by 6 in the evening if the mo
torist has any kind of luck. D.r. Matson
has given bis sturdy little machine num
erous severe hlll-cllmblng and mud
plowing tests, but It has never failed him
yet.
Of a striking design, the Cole "30," the
latest car to be seen on local streets.
is the subject of considerable favorable
comment. The agency for the car' has
been secured by the Twitchell Motor Car .
Company, and a number of the machines
have already been delivered to purchasers.-
A shipment of Pierce-Racine ma
chines arrived in Portland yesterday,
consigned to the same agency.
There are numerous excellent trout
streams within driving distance of
Portland, and advantage is usually taken
of these early In the season, as they are
essentially "early" strains. Last Sunday
a couple of automobile parties went out
to the Sandy River, but the weather was
unfavorable for good results.
A large number of streams which may
be easily reached by motor will yield
good bait-fishing during this month. In
Washington County there are several cap
ital trout streams, among them being
Dairy Creek, Scroggins Creek and McKay
Creek.
Dr. Andrew C. Smith, elected a member
of the board of directors of the Portland
Automobile Club recently, has plans
made for an automobile tour of Lastern
Oregon this- Summer. Dr. Smith will
ship his 60-horsepower Packard from here
to The Dalles, from which point he will
commence his motor tour. He -iu take
plenty of time for the trip, as he ex
pects to manipulate a fishing-rod and a
shotgun on every favorable opportunity.
The steel road signs which have been
secured by the Automobile Club to place
on the Oregon highways have proven
so popular in design that they have been
copied by three other Western state
clubs. These signs are being placed on
all roads out of Portland, and it is the
plan of the club to have them set up all
over the state. County and state of
ficials are co-operating with the automo
bile organization in this regard, and- Ore
gon will be well marked with signs as a
result. -
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"Instead of walking we will travel In
an automobile through the Old Country,"
said John MiUthlesen, proprietor of the
Hotel zur RheVipfalz here, in New York
the other day. Mr. Matthiesen ordered a
big Locomobile touring car before he left
Portland.-
The first automobile has made Its ap
pearance, in Raymond, Wash., the hustl
ing little lumber town where they sell
town lots "by the bucket." G. E. Gar
rett, a grocer, has purchased a car with a
demountable body that will be used both
for pleasure and commercial work.
E. Henry Wemme has announced that
he will visit Europe during the coming
Summer. Of course he will take his car
with him. It is a safe gamble that Mr.
Wemme will say scores of times during
his European tours: "Yes, this is pretty
good scenery but, say, you just ought to
make that Mount Hood trip out In Ore
gon!" s
Florida now has a State Automobile
Association, comprising. eight clubs. Ap
plication will be made for affiliation with
the A. A. A. With the same idea in
view, the Portland Automobile Club is
working among the smaller towns- of the
state.
The Long Beach, Wash., booster organ
ization is at it again. For the "steenth"
time it has asked for automobile races
to be held there this Summer, and, in
view of the fact that Pacific County has
appropriated the sum of $15,000 for a
beach boulevard there, prospects are very
good for a series of races. No better place
in the Northwest could be secured for
the speed contests than on the ocean
beach, where there Is a" straight-away
stretch many miles long. Many promi
nent Portland automobilists have their
Summer homes at this beach.
An automobile school has been organ
ized in California, with 18 pupils. Every
dealer in Portland conducts his own
school, with drivers of practical knowl
edge in constant attendance to teach pur
chasers how to handle their machines,
.
As soon as Old Sol begins1 to get in his
good work, automobile "week-enders"
will be out In force.
Let the automobilists and the farmers
work together and Oregon will have the
finest highways in the country.
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It has been announced that a car
equipped with a wireless telegraph outfit
will take part In the Glldden tour this
year, and the matter Is referred to as a
novelty. Six or eight years ago Mar.'
conl fitted up a car with his wireless and
it worked well. i
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Eleven hundred miles Is the total length
of the state trunk road planned for
Washington by Governor Hay. When
the fine highway projected between Clje
halls and South Bend Is completed, Port
land automobilists will have an oppor
tunity to make an interesting run direct
from- here to the beautiful Willapa Har
bor town. j
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The Los Angeles Motordrome, which
opened April 8, marking a new epoch in
automobile racing in America, has an
Immense board saucer-shaped track 75
feet in width, built of the finest quality !
of Oregon pine. This Is said to be th
very best wood to stand the sun's rays
without warping or cracking.
Lucky Is -the slugger who stands at the
head of the major league hitters at the
close of the 1910 baseball season! Hurt
Chalmers, of the Chalmers-Detroit Au- I
tomobile Company, has offered a dial- .
mers "30" as a prize for the 1910 batting
champion. Hans Wagner would better
look to his honors now.
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Tracy, an old leaguer, will captain the
team and cavort around the initial sta
tion. Sam Dunn is a candidate in, the
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nounced as one of the receivers.
FRENCH PLOT IS EXPOSED
Underhand Method of Anti-Clerical
Partisan Is Exposed.
PARIS, ' April 16. (Spclal.) A scandal
which has caused much commotion in
Lyons exhibits the degradation of the
anti-clerical movement in France. After
the confiscation of the presbytery of
Ainay, vacated by the clergy of the par
ish. M. ritiilhot. hflrrtr ard mpmlipr rf
the Municipal Council, denounced at a
public meeting of the Council the filthy
condition of - the presbytery "as left by
the cure and curates," and next day an
indignant and sensational article appear
ed in Le Progres, a . Radical-Socialist
newspaper, of Lyons, giving horrible de
tails, Illustrated from photographs, of the
condition of the rooms and denouncing
the "repulsive manners" of the priest
hood. . -The
Council cited the cure to appear,
and officials were sent to investigate the
place. The caretakers of the house.
placed In charge by the Council, in
formed the officials that M. Guilhot him
self had prepared the scene and took
photographs of It; that he had brought
In several empty bottles and placed them
about and Introduced the filth and
smeared the walla and windows as ds-
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Earl Wlnterbotham has accepted the
management of the Portland Maroons
baseball team and wpuld like to hear
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Wolfe Duncan, late manager of the
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Mr. Wlnterbotham wishes to avoid con
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